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relationship with Webster

Born on the New Hampshire frontier in the town of Salisbury, Daniel was the ninth of 10 children of
Ebenezer Webster, a veteran of the American Revolution, farmer and tavern-keeper, and leading townsman. Dark-complexioned “little Black Dan,” a rather frail boy, became the pet of his parents and older brothers and sisters, some of whom taught him to read at an early age. He often...